Heel.



W. HUBBARD.

HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY21. Ismsx 1 273,492. Patented July 23, 1am.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HUBBARD, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOH, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY RPOLELA'IION. O1 PA'JTIJHSON. NEW' J'ElIl-SEY,A. CUR- PDRATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Pntcntcd J My 23, 1918..

Application filed July 27, 1916. Serial No. 111,739.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM llnmnum a. Citizen of the United States.rcsiiling at Rochcstcr in tho county of Monroe and Stato ol Jew York,have lnvcntod ccrlnin Improvements in llccls. of which thc followingdescription, in conncctiim with tho no conlpunying drawings. is uspecification. liko refer-once rib-.1 motors on tho drawings indicatinglike parts in tho s wcrzil ligz'nr+.=--;.

This invention relates, to bowls.

in tho ryclc of chungns in fcmlwo l'n h ions, there is a. periodicrocnrrcncc of now lurity for fancy or ornz'nncnlol heels. such forinstance, as hcrls of the. so-cnllcd Louis: or cgcc type. While those.fancy heels arc graceful and ornamental when new, they have heretoforenot been durable and huvc deteriorated greatly in condition and uppeornncc after a compnrativcly brief period of wear.

With these considerations in view. tho prime object of the presentinvention is to proviclc a heel which can be built with rocoful linesand. will, at the sumo time. be solid and durablc in construction,\vhilc permanently preserving its original ornumcntol features cvcnafter a considerable period of wear.

W'ilh this objec in iQW. an important feature of the invention consistsin the introduction into a heel of one or more layers or lifts ofsubstantially n omfibrous rigid material. A wide range of materials maybe utilized in this connection and eminently satisfactory results havebeen secured in practice by the use of both celluloid and sheet metal,such as aluminum. Those rigid lifts may be inserted in the heel in anydesired number and at any convenient time, but it has been foundespecially satisfuctcp'y to build them into the heel blank. one or moresuch lifts being placed at tho herl scat end of the blank, and one ormore at the top lift end, the heel building nail or nuils being driventhrough the entire assemblage and securing the parts firmly together.

When such a heel is compressed and molded, the auxiliary lifts beingnon'fibrous and rigid, as compared with the fibrous material. of whichthe body of the heel is built. the joints or cracks in the surface ofthe heel are closed up, and the tendency of the heel to check is greatlyreduced. The heel seat cud oi the hcol living; (orcd with :1 rigid lifthaving smooth cdgc; nlSo l'zicilitnhn tho pro-- incl/ion of a mint andpornmncnlly tight JOllllbetween the Iii-cl and. the solo ol'ltlio shoe.ll. fiu'tln-rnuur lwconws p 'blc 1 1: l'orm in tho lmrl(iillllll'm'lralllgfz operating. a series of indenting l-l'irllflllhlihu on iiic Loci which are prosscil Hi1 flu; ml" at tho -l:u;= in the hcolattachingnpo rition and MW tircly provcni My clipping of tho ha livelyl0 ll Slli l iiil' lwoling nmchin 3,1 ltl'li ml l b? ldl t. tw n l1; by:nclccted for the purposc of illustration. it should be iiunlr-rsloulthat the invcntion is applicable to hur s of various other types andstyles and that its utility is not limited to a heel of tho cxuclformshown in tho accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure .l. is :1 perspective vi 'W of a c m-- prcssod heel blankcinbodyingj the iz'ivenl'ion Fig. 2 is u. v in side clcvution of n.frag-- incnt of the roar End of u choc aftcr the heel has been atluchrdand tho lop lift applied; and.

Fig. 3 is a View similar to 9., illlln trnting a modification in tlwarrangement of the. auxiliary lifts.

The nunlcrnl l0 iiirlicali-x-r the body portion of n heel formed ofleather, leatherbourd or any other fibrous material, heroin genericallyreferred to as leather stock, such as is conr monly used in heclmanufacture. The. usual leather rubbcr top liftis indicated nt- 12 andmay be attached to the heel by a nail or screw 14 or any other suitablemeans. Auxiliary lifts l6 and 18 are built 11 on the heel scat-and toplift ends of the eel res ectively, as illustrated in. Fig. 1, the w oleassemblage bring usually scoured together by a heel lnnlaiing nail 20which passes through and is clenched upon the lift 16.-

The auxiliary lifts 16 and 18 may be alu mininn', brass, celluloid,imitation ivory or any other suitable, comparatively rigid, nonfibrous,matrial. They are of suflicient size so that their edges will beexposed, wholly, or in part, when the heel is finished. In order tosecure an ornamental effect, the auxiliary lift or lifts preferably haa, color contrasting with that of the body portion 10 of the heel.

The blank illustrated in Fig. 1 has bcen compressed and molded, and inthe molding Jperntion, projections 22 are formed upon the scent surfuceof the heel by n suitable loll wcr die in the heel compressor. At thesame operation u size number Z-l or any suitable ornamentation orlettering 28, may be formed. The projections and other dcsigns moldedupon the soul. face of the heel indent, the heel sent and of the ontsoleol' the shoe and effectively prevent the heel from slipping relativelyto the shoe undo: the pressure of the healing machine. a riillicultywhich is frequently encountered when the surface of the heel is smooth.When the lift 16 is made of chunininn or other met-cl, the projections22 may be covered with the lneml, and when the lift is nmde oi mlinloicior other less ductile malarial, the conical portions ofihe projectionsmay hrcnir om, en'ving pnnectmg spurs of leumer or leatherbonrd whichwill also act. efi'cclircly to prevent slipping.

When the heel is compressed between the relatively rigid litts l6, 18,held together by the heel building nail 20, there is n tendency toprevent the checkin oi. the heel or the openin of the joints vetu'oenthe "f! n'vliich it is composed, which is part difiicult to overcome inl-ne case of high hcels having considerable pitch, where the heel nailscannot be driven close to the edge of the heel. Furthermore, when thebase lift of the heel is madeof leather. or, as is, more common, ofleathcrhonrd, it is frequently more or less uneven and rugged around theedge, melting it: diilicnlt. Lo or-1n a. neat, tight, oint hcluwccn theheel and the heel seat end of the sole 28. When lhe base lift of theheel, however, is made of ninminum, celluloid or other con'ipm-nlivclsmooth and rigid methanol, 21 smooth, regular surface may be easily,formed upon its periphery end ii. is :1 simple matter to secure a.permanently tight and neat joint between the heel and the sole.

The heel may be attached to the shoe by any one of the usual well-knownmenus, such for instance, as heel nttnuhing nails 30, driven throu h theauxiliary lift or lifts, drawing the hec tziglllzl together and holdinit firmly between t lose relnlirely rigid ii he or plates.

A substantial advantage is obtained by the use of either one of thelifts 1.6, 18 nlouo, but it' is preferred to use both, in order toobtain the utmost. possible benefit. 'l'lnlift. 18 serves us an inionizing menus no warn the wearer of the shoe to have a new top liftlaced upon the heel when the original to ift is worn down nearly to (heauxiliary 1i t, and also prevents lhc edge of the heel from becomingrugged and unsightly, in very common occurrence with ordinary heelsafter they have been wet.

The auxiliary lift or lifts are preferably made of n homogeneousmaterial, uniformly colored tln'oughoul, so that the ornamentationilllfil'ihlfl by their cxponed edges. which prclernhly contrast in colorWilli the 1'einnindcr oi the heel, permanent, no moi.- irr now long thehcel may be worn.

For \he purpose of variation in ornamen- Lul ofi'oet, n plurality ofauxiliary hits of (ii x-30M colors mu}; be supcrposer, as illusll-L'ill-Qii :uldiii nurl auxiliary lii'tls may be intrilduccd into theheel, as shown at all, thus increasing: the solidity and rigidity of theheel.

, From the foregoing it will be apparent that n heel of a. type, {orwhich there is at. present. u very large demand, has been produced,\rl'ch is. superior in construction, strength and durability to theheels heretolore in use and which is en able of as wide variety ofornamentation. The latter is a very important; feature in connectionwith the type of footwear upon which heels of this lzypc are commonlyused, and the fact that the ornamentation is absolutely permanent andcannot be ellaeed by wear or rough usage, is c considereiion of thegreatest value. and innit-fiance.

It has been found by experience that heels embodying this invention canbe trimmed, scourcn and finished in the usual manner, the auxiliaryliflas'of rnrious compositions or soft me-t-cls not. interfering in anyway with the operations upon the heel, so lhai' the ex ense of embodyingthis in venticn in n ieel is extremely smell, as compared with lhcbenefits derived from it.

Having; described the. invention, what is claimed as new. and desired tobe secured by Letters Pot-entof the United States inwl. A heel having abody portion composed of lifts oi. fibrous material, and an auxiliarymetallic lift eoflr enough to permit its edge to be trimmed with thoseof the fibrous: lifts, the edges of nil of the lifts being exposed inthe finished heel and the metallic lift. being located next, to the toplift.

2. A heel having a body r composed of lifts of fibrous material and nlift. of an easily cut metallic substance at onch end of tho hody)ortiou to give strength to the heel, the edges oi' all the lifts beingexposed in the linishethheel.

3. A heel comprising compressed leather stock liflsnnd a lift. ofsubstantially noncompressible material at. the top lift end of the heelblank, 1: headed heel building nail extending through said lifts andhnving its head set against the non-mmprcseihlc lift and its point,clenched on the outer surface of the heel-scnt end of the blank, and ntop 1 5 lift held against the non-compressible hit.

4. A. heel comprising compressed leather stock lifts ancha substantiallynon-compressihle lift at one end of the heel end a headed heel buildingnnil exbcnding through oi til, 32 in Fig. 3, and one or more nll 1 0said |i I'M and its head set against the leather facn of one of" tlwm 10lmld the compressed stock lir'ts and having [L5 point clenched nn lillsumlnr C(HHPIQSSlOIl.

the ()IltPl' surface, of the 11011-(,Z()lll])!'0;$'$ll)ltl 6. A (:nmn'vswd heel comprising a plulit't 1111!] holding tliu lifts firmlytngnl'lim' 31nmlity of su iurpn aml lifts l l lm a hfl (,l' -5 d0]-('OIHPTUHSIOH. non-filimus SlllIRlillllllll) rigid rmiterml That 15 5. Aheel (smnpl'ising CUlllpl'BShOll lvatlior can he lrinnnml flush withl'llP other lifts in stock lifts and :1 substantially nolvcomprestheheel trimming npuralion. sible lift at each end of the heel and a lwelIn testimony when-of I have signed my building nail connecting said twonon-con name to this 1)(l(1lfi('tltl()l1. 10 pl'cssiblc lifts andclenched 0n the outer sur- WILLIAM HUBBARD.

